This much, the experts can agree on: The Jets are a better team on paper than they were a year ago, when pretty much every NFL prognosticator was ready to relegate them to the Big East.

But how much better? That question's already proving to be a little more tricky.

Pro Football Talk already kicked off its training camp rankings by pegging the Jets at No. 19, which is perfectly mediocre in a league in which more than a third of last year's teams were perfectly mediocre. Now here's Rotoworld's Evan Silva with an assessment of the team's roster that's decidedly more negative: No. 26.

That would make the Jets third in the AFC East—the Patriots are No. 5, the Dolphins No. 19—with only the Bills, Vikings, Texans, Jaguars, Raiders, and Titans faring worse.

Silva explains "that the rankings are a projection for 2014, not a regurgitation of last year’s results. ... [T]he idea is to get a feel for where every team stands entering training camp. Quarterbacks and defensive line—with a special nod to pass rush—weigh heavily into the rankings because they can mask or compensate for flaws and deficiencies elsewhere on a team."

Despite the Jets' improvements on offense—Eric Decker, Chris Johnson, Jace Amaro, Geno Smith no longer being a rookie—Silva still thinks they are "among the five weakest offenses in football."

And while he likes the defensive line, he's not high on Antonio Allen at safety, Dimitri Patterson (whom he calls a "slot corner") at corner, outside linebackers Quinton Coples (as a pass rusher) and Calvin Pace (because of his age), and inside linebackers Demario Davis and David Harris ("a liability against the pass for years"). Silva's overall assessment of the defense is that it's "far from a complete group."